Hi there! So happy the weekend is here! I've been practicing my rose painting skills. I keep reminding myself that several of my favorite floral artists not only studied art in college but they have also been painting for years. Gary Jenkins has more than 40 years under his belt! He's not only a wealth of knowledge, inspiration but he's also an amazing teacher. I referred to one of The Beauty of Oil Painting books by Gary Jenkins as I painted these luminescent pastel tea roses:

I REALLY struggled painting the pink rose. I think I started over 5 or 6 times. One of the great properties of working with oil paints is that if you are not happy with your work, a little turpenoid will erase it right off your surface! :)

The base background was painted using acrylics and all the rest was painted using oils on a 12" x 12" gessoed art board:

breathtaking Mona! The strokes done so softly in the various shades really shows the delicateness of the petals-must be the oils and I have only ever used acrylic paints. Happy PPF and happy weekend too!

I think you have done a great job here. I don't really know much about painting although I have done some years ago...I think flowers are really difficult to do and I think you nailed it. I love this one and roses are my faves.

Beautiful and so delicate Mona, just perfect.I've never used oils paints before, but your work is so inspiring that I might have a dabble. Thanks for sharing and congratulations on being featured. Happy PPF to you

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Mona Pendleton

Hi there! Welcome to my creative space where I share my latest creations. Here are a few tid bits about me ~ I am married to my best friend, Scott and between the two of us we have 4 children ~ 2 grown young adults and 2 teenagers. I work as a Registered Nurse in the Operating Room. I'm so grateful and blessed to have the amazing opportunity to design for a couple of fabulous companies. I enjoy creating with stamps, dies, paint, ink, markers and anything else that allows me to be creative.

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